Media Center

The Wesley International Academy Media Center is dedicated to literacy, research, and technology.

Students at Wesley are continuously challenged and encouraged to reach higher levels of academic achievement while working closely with their teachers. To help students reach their academic goals, the Media Center offers resources and several subscription services accessible for students at school and home.

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WIA Media Center Sponsored Programs

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

For students who love to read, need a new challenge, and like a good competition, the WIA Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team may be a perfect fit!

“Several years ago, Mrs. Helen Ruffin, a library media specialist in DeKalb County, wanted to find a way to use the nominee books from the Georgia Children’s Book Awards to encourage her students to read. She therefore created a unique reading competition in game format, called the Reading Bowl, using the award nominees. Her vision was to have teams comprised of students from different schools compete to test their knowledge of the selected books. Today, the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is open to students in grades four through twelve across the state. The winning teams from the Divisional Bowls meet at the Annual Conference on Children’s Literature in March for the State Championship of the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.”Retrieved online on August 23, 2013

The Reading Bowl Team is open to any student in grades 4th – 8th grades. Wesley participates in both the elementary and middle grades levels with each team consisting of 5 members and 5 alternates. The elementary team is required to read 16 titles, and the middle school team must read 10 books. Students selected to be on the teams will need to be committed to the reading bowl and to representing WIA with honor and respect.

Book Fair

Local Authors

We continually looks for opportunities to bring the world of books alive at our school and to encourage the importance of reading to our students. Wesley is committed to outreach, bringing local and national authors, as well as literacy programs, to the school.

Some authors who’ve visited our school:

Judd Winick, author of the Hilo series
Tim Fite, author of A Bucket of Questions
Dylan Thuras with Atlas Obscura
Marie Marquart, author of Dream Things True and The Radius of Us
Kate DiCamillo, bestselling and award-winning author of 17 books
Lincoln Pierce, author of Big Nate series
Deborah Wiles, award winning author of several books including, Revolution
Gitty Daneshvari, author of the School of Fear series
Terra Elan McVoy, author of several middle grade and YA books
Christy Ziglar of Shine Bright Kids
Rashan Ali, author of Piper Sky’s Pink Popsicle Shoes

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School Library Month at Wesley

At Wesley, building literacy by giving students the opportunity to expand their creativity and knowledge through books is very important.

April is School Library Month and Wesley has a lot in store for the students. We’re excited to celebrate Ms. Tomlin, our incredible Librarian, and the incredible ways she empowers Wesley students to be strong readers.

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Reading Bowl’s Role in Growing Wesley’s Global Citizens

Helen Ruffin, a media specialist in Dekalb County, served on the selection committee for the Georgia Children’s Book Award nominee program. She was inspired to use the nominee books to encourage her students to read, and the Reading Bowl was born! It is an annual reading competition between schools.

Wesley has participated in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl for the last decade!